Swing.



A. l. RABB.

SWING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY25, 1914.

wi/bvwooao ASA I. RABB, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

SWING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedOct. 5, 1915'.

Application filed May 25, 1914. Serial No. 840,883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Asa I. Been, a citizen of the United States, residing (at Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in swings and has relation more particularly to a device of this general charac ter especially designed and adapted for use as a lawn swing; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this type having novel and improved means whereby the same may be converted, with convenience and facility, from a swing into a bed or vice versa.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved swing whereby certain important ad vantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the appended claim.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is an elevational view of a convertible swing constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, the seat structure being adjusted for use as a swing"proper; Fig. 2 is a view somewhat similar to Fig. 1, with parts broken away and the device adjusted in position to be used as a couch; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 11 denote hangers of usual c0nstruc-- tion adapted to be suspended from a con ventional derrick (not shown) and having their lower extremities operatively connected with a foot rest or platform 2. Also operatively connected with thelower extremities of the hangers 1 are the supports 3 for the seat structure proper which, as herein disclosed, are disposed outwardly from the hangers and longitudinally of the platform and on which the seats 44 are adapted to be rested, such seats having the end rails 5 thereof provided in their under portions with the notches 6 adapted to engage the Crossbars 7 disposed between adjacent end hangers 1 at points above but immediately adjacentthe upper portions ofthe sup .ports 3.

back are swung inwardly in order to afford the bed structure. Each of the seats and its back are of such transverse dimension as to afford a convenient bed structure when swung inwardly, the opposed margins of the seats being adapted to substantially abut when such adjustment is effected and in order that the requisite stability or rigidity may be imparted to the bed structure, I find it of advantage to employ the auxiliary or supplemental members 11 of predetermined length and being provided in their under edges adjacent their extremities with the notches 12 adapted to accommodate the cross bars 7 In order that the coaction between the seats 4c and the supplemental or auxiliary members 11 with the cross bars 7 may be afforded with a minimum of friction, I find it of advantage to surround such cross bars 7 with the sleeves 14 for a purpose which is believed to be clearly apparent to those skilled in the art to which my present invention appertains.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a swing constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

I claim:

A device of the class described comprising hangers, a platform connected with the lower extremities of the hangers, supports operatively engaged with said hangers cross bars connecting the hangers above the supports and in close proximity to the supports, said supports being disposed outwardly relative to the hangers and longitudinally of the platform, seats adapted to rest upon the supports and including end rails provided in their under edges with notches to interlock with the cross bars; backs pivotally engaged with the seats, rigid links operatively engaged with the hangers and'the backs,said

links serving to limit the inward movements of the seats and backs, and supplemental members adapted to engage the cross bars 15 and to be positioned below the seats and backs when the same are swung inwardly.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ASA 1. BABE.

Witnesses:

F. A. WATTS. E. D. HEATH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

7 Y Washington, D. C. 

